Overseas documents expected in Australian Google adtech class action, court hears
By Saloni Sinha ( June 26, 2026, 06:32 GMT | Insight) -- Google's Australian adtech class action has moved into the discovery phase, with the Federal Court ordering the tech giant to outline how documents produced in overseas antitrust proceedings and investigations would likely be used in the local case. In orders published on Friday following a short case management hearing, Judge Michael O'Bryan directed Google to provide the class action applicants with a written discovery proposal by July 31, including details of any proposal to reproduce documents produced in overseas proceedings and investigations and how those documents would be identified as relevant to the issues in dispute in the Australian proceeding.Google's Australian adtech class action has moved into the discovery phase, with the Federal Court ordering the tech giant to outline how documents produced in overseas antitrust proceedings and investigations would likely be used in the local case....
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